The Flossbach von Storch Research Institute

Commentaries

07.12.2019 - Mayer’s World Economy

Politics drives the stock markets

by Thomas Mayer

Share prices are constantly reaching new highs. The central banks - and more recently the governments - are to blame.

06.11.2019 - Macroeconomics

A digital euro to save EMU

by Thomas Mayer

The desire to avoid credit and investment boom-bust cycles has led some to advocate replacing money creation through bank credit extension with direct money issuance by the central bank or a private entity, or linking money to an existing asset.

31.10.2019 - Economics, Politics & Philosophy

Eradication of the market and the state

by Norbert F. Tofall

If the negative dynamics of the erosion of the market and the rule of law are not broken, further social and political polarizations will result. Election results, as in Thuringia, are only the beginning.

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Studies

06.12.2019 - Economics, Politics & Philosophy

De-Globalization and New Bipolarity?

Where does the strategic rivalry between China and the USA lead?

by Norbert F. Tofall

A new bipolarity could generate global growth and prosperity losses if one of the new poles aims at economic unbundling of its sphere of influence from the other pole.

28.11.2019 - Companies

Sustainable? Yes...No...Maybe! On the lack of comparability of ESG ratings

The ESG ratings of various providers sometimes differ significantly from one another. A responsible investor should therefore always form his own opinion.

25.11.2019 - Society & Finance

Investing is a matter of trust

by Thomas Mayer, Marius Kleinheyer

Financial advice is a credence good. A survey of financial advisors indicates how stronger trust can be established from the advisors' point of view.

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Press

Debate of a global currency war

The Euro at 20: A New Deal to Save the Euro

Más TLTRO y un Draghi cauto: lo que esperan las gestoras de la próxima reunión del BCE

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